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But Sony Europe has completely removed the PS2 certification process in their region, effectively making the PS2 an open platform in much of the world.

As a consequence, he said, the PS2 "is effectively an open platform." Developers can obtain a license for Sony hardware free of charge, but will still have to stump up funds for a development kit.